Best Carrot Cake Sheet Cake Recipe
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| Serves | 24 |
| Prep time | 20 minutes |
| Cook time | 18 minutes |
| Total time | 38 minutes |
| Meal type | Dessert |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Freezable, Gourmet, Pre-preparable |
| Occasion | Easter |
This is the Best Carrot Cake Sheet Cake Recipe ever! It's moist and fluffy, topped with the most incredible cream cheese frosting! Great for Easter dessert!
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup oil (any mild flavored oil is fine)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 5 eggs
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon cloves
- 2/3 cups buttermilk
- 1lb fresh grated carrots
Frosting
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 8oz cream cheese (softened)
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
| Cake | |
| Step 1 | |
| Preheat oven to 350 In a large mixing bowl, beat together oil, sugars, and vanilla. Mix in eggs, one at a time. | |
| Step 2 | |
| In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves. | |
| Step 3 | |
| Add half of the butter milk to the oil and sugar mixture and mix well. Then add half of the flour mixture, mixing slowly. Repeat until everything is mixed well. | |
| Step 4 | |
| Stir in grated carrots and pour batter into well greased 12x18x1" sheet pan. Bake 16-19 minutes or until tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean or with moist (not wet) crumbs. Allow to cool completely. | |
| Frosting | |
| Step 5 | |
| In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and cream cheese until very fluffy and smooth. | |
| Step 6 | |
| Add vanilla and sugar and beat on low until incorporated. Beat on high for 3 minutes or until very fluffy and creamy. Spread over cooled cake. Store covered at room temperature up to 24 hours or refrigerated for up to 5 days. | |
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Rose Martine says
Wow! That looks super delicious! Great recipe!
Ellen says
How long should a 13×9 cake bake?
Stephanie Brubaker says
I would start testing at 25 minutes. Enjoy!
Mandy says
I think I’m missing something. Where is the recipe?
Stephanie Brubaker says
If you scroll down past the photos, it’s there at the end of the post. Hope you enjoy!